Surface-induced optical anisotropy of inhomogeneous media

    Authors

    S. Sukhov; D. Haefner; V. Kajorndejnukul; G. Agarwal;A. Dogariu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Photonics Nanostruct.

    Keywords

    Random media; Inhomogeneous and anisotropic thin films; Surface effects; Effective material parameters; Material modeling; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    We demonstrate that the presence of interfaces induces anisotropy in the optical properties of thin inhomogeneous layers. Several mechanisms are discussed that can control the properties of this surface-induced anisotropy. We found that the effective refractive indices for s- and p-polarized fields are different and depend on the thickness of the layer, concentration and optical properties of inclusions in the layer, and the angle of incidence. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V.

    Journal Title

    Photonics and Nanostructures-Fundamentals and Applications

    Volume

    11

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    65

    Last Page

    72

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000318743500008

    ISSN

    1569-4410

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